re: Would finances improve for the Union after secession? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 1:54 pm to Layabout)

quote:Don't assume that open borders would continue to exist. Immigration would more than likely be limited to people with demonstrated means or desirable skill sets

Well then red states can set up the new Underground Railroad and charge a nice tidy fee to move these "desirables" from Mexico through Texas into the blue states. Sell them bus tickets, food, tshirts,etc on their way to the new border then send them over to the promised land. Instant Karma and income.

re: Would finances improve for the Union after secession? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 2:08 pm to Jbird)

quote:Too bad it isn't that way now, truly sad what some people have done to this country, then they hate the people who want to secede, how interesting.

I have never been an advocate of illegal immigration. The people who have encouraged it for the past sixty years are the big business interests that have profited from the cheap labor and their bought-and-paid-for senators and representatives who have looked the other way while paying lip service to getting tough on illegals.

re: Would finances improve for the Union after secession? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 2:21 pm to Jbird)

quote:Hahaha so why would those very same entities in your Utopia not allow the hard working from Red states come to work?

Temporary guest worker permits for skills in short supply but an application for citizenship for those desiring permanent status, similar to our relationship with Canada. Of course a lot of this would depend on the circumstances of the secession. A messy divorce can leave a lot of ill will.

BTW, it would probably be more appropriate to refer to your new country as the Utopia, since it doesn't yet exist.

re: Would finances improve for the Union after secession? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 2:26 pm to RogerTheShrubber)

quote:But only a real dumbass would think these states would be lily white

Not by any means. The red states as a whole have a much larger minority percentage than the blue states but the minorities are not the people clamoring for secession. Perhaps you can suggest a better name?

re: Would finances improve for the Union after secession? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 2:26 pm to Layabout)

quote:it would probably be more appropriate to refer to your new country as the Utopia

Perhaps but the money made from moving the "desireables" from Mexico into the Blues, plus the tourism in all the Red states, including the oil etc.....they would be okay. Addtionally if you want to play hard ball we can pull a Mariel boatlift type of deal, I am sure the hearts of all the Blues will allow them to take in all the rest of the leeches left behind.